Collapsible bottle holder



Oct. 9 1923.

G. E. LLEWELLYN COLLAPSIBLE BOTTLE HOLDER Filed Feb. 10. 1922 3mm! 550F515 Elfin/175w l o-"tented Q, i923.

iaisii Phil CB3" 1 GEORGE E. LLEWELLYN, OF EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN, .ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, TO SANITARY NOVEL'TJIES COIL'PANY, A CORPORATION.

COLLAPSIBLE BOTTLE HOLDER.

Application filed February 10, 1922.

To all ill-71,0122, it may conccmt:

Be it known that l, Gnouon E. LLinvELLYN, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Ban (llaire, in the county of Eau Claire and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful improvementsin Collapsiblo Bottle l lolders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

The invention relates to devices for supporting milk bottles. It comprises a back plate, a shelf and means for supporting the shelf in a horizontal position, but permitting its collapse to a flat position.

The primary object of the invention is general convenience. W hen each family living in large apartment buildings has a container, the milkman is aided in such a manner as to know at a glai'ice where to deliver the milk. Thus the customer is as cured of reliable service.

The annoyance caused by animals is overcome as the container is fastened to a wall out of reach. Children also are prevented from tampering with the bottle, thus eliminating danger: to the children, as well as possibility of breakage of the bottle.

An important object is cheapncss of mani'l'avture, the device being made entirely of sheet metal and wire worked in a convenient manner.

An additional object the provision of a stri'u-ture which is collapsible so as to take up a minimum quantity of space, being perfccl'ly flat, and yet which is capable of being readily expanded to its normal. useful position, and secured suitably to a wall.

.i feature is the n-ovisiou of a sin'ipleand cll'ective lock, whereby the shelf is main taincd horizontal, danger of collapse being eliminated l l ith the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description pro reeds, my invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts substantially as hereinafter described and more particularly defined by the appended claims, it being understood that such changes in the precise embodiment of the herein disclosed invention may he made as come within the scope of the claim.

In the accompanying drawing, I have Serial No. 535,565.

illustrated one complete example of the physical embodiment of the present invention constructed according to the best mode I have so far devised for the practical application of the principles thereof, and in which- Figure l is a front elevation of the device with the shelf in elevated position.

Figure 2 is a cross section thereof on the line 2-2 of Figure 1, and

Figure 3 is a view of the device in collapsed position.

Back plate 10 is provided with apertures '11 and a slot 12, by means of which a tongue is formed for the reception of tickets, orders and the like. The U supports 14: are made rigid with the back plate 10, and straps l5 are secured to the bottom of back plate i0, one end of each strap being in front, and the other in the rear, rivets 16 making the ends rigid with back plate 10. The middle portion l? of straps '15 is outwardly directed and a piece of wire 17 extending rectangularly rotatably positioned therein. Shelf 18 has its edges on all sides bent about wire 17', the shelf being cut away at the corners.

A. substantially U shaped wire is secured its ends by eyes 19 to wire 17, shelf 18 being cut away suitably for the reception of eyes 19 and straps 16. U shaped wire 20 has three loops 222222 therein, to which the eyes of rods 2f2l2el are secured, these rods having angularly directed arms -QF -25 adapted to extend thru U supports 1d. The rods are secured together by spacer 21, It will be noted that the rigidity of arms 25-25-25 is such as to support shelf 18 in horizontal position. Thus a convenient raising means is provided readily placed in operative position.

When it is desired to collapse shelf 18, rods 2 l-2424 are moved upwardly and arms 25-25-25 are disengaged from U supports 14:, so that the entire device may be col apse-d, shelf 1.8 pivoting on wire 17, as does also wire 20.

l claim:

The combination of a back plate, a pair of straps secured at the bottom edge thereof, the middle of said straps being outwardly directed, a wire extending in a substantial rectangle, rotatably secured in said straps,

a shelf having its ends formed into eyes back plates for receiving said ends and secured to said first Wire, said second menlocking said shelf in raised position.

tioned Wire having three loops formed there- In testimony that I claim the foregoing I 10 in, three rods each having an end formed have hereunto set my hand at Eau Claire, into an eye pi-voting on one ofsaid loops, in the county of Eau Claire and State of the other ends of said rods being extended lVisconsin.

at an angle to said rods, and eyes on said GEORGE E. LLEWELLYN. 

